The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-01
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WAsnlSaroK, D. O., Dec. 3l.-The slice.
storm OF last night which thlckly enamel.
led tho pavomen: savs place this morning
to heavy fog, almost rain fall. The
two inches Of thaTipg snow ard ice which
covered the ground made marching and al
out door exercises thing to Is dreeded
However great crowds made, their way
from early morning toward the Capitol &c
view the remains Of the dead statesman
and the time Of the lying Ia etstc vaa
too short to give an opportunity for all to
pass by. K
At II o'clock the doors were closed ia
the general public, and while two ranks
Of Grand Army men 6led on either side
OF the bier the undertaken acre we'd down
the lid OF the casket. 4 belatod de'eea.
ton Of friends from Chicago arrived lew
minutes later and the cssket was reopened
to enable them to take last look at the
body. At 1910 the pall.bearArs look
| their places and conveyed the casket to
the Senate chamber. g
The hall Of the Senate was tastefully
though not elaborately draped, and the
chair OF the dead Senator, the eecond o!
the iaCermost row from the centre aisle,
was covered with Grape. Tho clerks desk
was almost hidden in @ bank OF floral
emblems aanked on the right and left re.
spectively by huge anchor of white and
an immense representation OF the badge
Of the Fifteenth Army Corps. Two OF
three hundred additional chairs had been
arranged in rows for the accommodation
OF those who had been invited to Go
honor to the decesssd.
PROMINENT PEOPLE PREsErr. 055e5g
The senatora came in single or in paira
and took the seata assigned them on the
left OF the presiding officers desk, leaving
the three front rows vacant. Alta quarter
before u O'Clock, clad in their silken robes
Of Office. entered without formal ANNOUNCE.
ment Chiet Justice Waite and Associate
Justices Bradley, Gray, Field, and Mat
thews, together with the officers Of the
Supreme Court. and took the seats assign.
ed them to tho right OF the presiding OH
GERS desk. Behind them came members
Of the House Of Representatives followed
by officers Of that body, and were conduct
ed to their seats in the rear OF the cham.
ber. Members Of the Diplomatic Corps,
many Of whom came in drees uniforms,
wero ushered 10 seats upon the right, and
behind them came the representatives Of
the Administration, Secretaries Bayard,
Edicott, Whitney and Attorney General
Garland, who weEe p!acsdin the front row
upon the right. l55E 7E.
The President WAS not able to be pres
ent, Tor, although in better health Than
Yesterday, his physicians had counseled
him not to expose himself to the inclem-
ent weather. The chair assigned him was
left vacant. The galleries were thoroughly
filled, though thanks to the admirable
police arrangements planned by the Ser.
geaut.at- Arms aud carried out by his depu-
ties and assistants, there was no crowd.
ing, and nothing occurred to mar the pro-
ceedings. =. - -r7a-'
The seats reserved for the family OF the
President were occupied by Mrs. Oleve-
land, Mrs. Folsom, Mrs. Villas, Mrs. Man
ming and Mrs. Lamont. /,
20 Il IA MouRNyuL PROCESSION. sr X; (. y.
At y o'clock hush fell over the assem-.
blase, and as the procession OF mourners
entered the north door Of the chamber
every occupant of seat upon the floor
rose to his ieet. Mrs. Logan heavily veiled
was supported by her son John A. Logan, !,
jr., Msjassand Mrs, Tucker and their son
Logan Tucker, Cornelius and James ".
Logan, brothers Of the General, Miss. An
dtewe, the atIianced OF John: A. Logan, jr.,'
and Mary Brady, q cherished friend Of the
family, and 5for, years q member of the
household. composed the mourning pro:
cesaion. They were ushered to seats upon
the left 'front.'. iaI,3 I'.ssf5l I'sffl
FollowinGJthe mourneru came tho iu-
neral procession headed by Rev. Dr.. New.
man, the Officiating clergyman, Rev. DR..
Butler Chaplain Of the Senate, Bishop
q nd At ~ u - n